5 Little Things You Can Do to Motivate Employees When you start a business, you do so with a dream. Maybe you have a vision of the type of company you want to set up. Maybe you’re passionate about something and are translating your passion into entrepreneurship. But what happens once the company has been set up? How do you deal with the day-to-day issues that crop up? How do you motivate employees to keep going? Here are a few tips: Communication: This is the single most important thing that can help employees to keep going. Encourage them to speak
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Why Charles Schultz philosophy is a good one to live by… Charles Schulz, the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip, thought about a lot of serious things. This is said to be the philosophy he lived by: First answer some questions: Name the five wealthiest people in the world. Name the last five Heisman Trophy winners. Name the last five winners of the Miss America pageant. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress. Name the last decade’s worth of World Series winners. Now,
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For Labor Day: Celebrate a Milestone in Workplace Safety The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created in 1970, and America’s first workplace safety standards were adopted in May 1971. At that time, the nation boasted some 56 million workers at 3.5 million job sites. Today, there are nearly seven million sites and 115 million workers—and OSHA has helped cut job fatalities in half and to reduce workplace injuries by 40 percent. Here are some milestones in the agency’s 43-year history: May 1975. OSHA creates a free consultation program that has now served more than 500,000 businesses. April 1978.
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